The Lake Charles echo., 1887-11-18
cor. G. y no1rrRR
a Co1Dparison Of the Present Admiu,s.
5raiion via, What Can Be Rrpsctsd |


fraiisn with What Can Be srn.c,.,,l
arom Tire BefoTaners,
Col O. ]. Boati,er, Of Nonros ~. a..
next speaker. he said.
ut 43hair{nsn, Ladies and Fellow lCitizsp,
q the RRriGh 81 Gaddo-6 6r3inSr7iy h tst.,si5 y
ehpn4 me the most inexpreseibis ~ - 49,
bounced pleasure 10 Rddreas an S5i53e,,cs
lilhB Bsiinpeni eg this Il, bOtb IN RI pnn,iIeS.
~ "a " llItsihgencei but after The s0peif
allIe ehses winch you have heard from fie 6ia-
fnEnlEhed gentlemen Who hsYe r,ye,,el5,S ~
klld WHO 1aYe, may say, exhhugtsd eSers
spnleot OF discussion, / very rniieh fe1v tsst
Wy lev remarks which shall be 4 ills t. siih.
~! lts = IVY WI not interest you 70 great eT.
tehl and l VIII necessarily hnye h traTei
over ground which Tie epealers Who rrsss3Is ~
me have already eovered y Asu
However, ladies and Gentlemen. "a b,v,
M Deeh ANNOUNCED 70 speak here Tonight, Ep6
70 hear the last Of is' snail proese5 H.
as feE words as J possibly can, to aive s6il
my laeas aud my views Of the d-ltg N 4be
hour my idess and my views az 10 Whit NJ
sllol4a 42t and what It is the duty of tbe
4leuloefHts OF Lpuisipna 70 do IN the soiitesi
m which we are noWeDgaKed.
Et55l0 W-cttlNenBl family disputes and Quar-.
fels bepWeen relatives Hra slWavR bittass sT1
inh3lgnaut fractional fights and fRcfionri
;I4a, sil4ds, lartqllking q heir mature, are more
nltsef than the contests which are ygaeed be-
tween opposite political parties The defeat
" one feeton by another leaves deener
sg'ngs oi chegrip and resentment thgn M
81 2eiest q enc Political party BY another d
lile alhangulBhed gentleman who hRs al
dressed You to-day. and who r before yor
SQUEEZING your sutfrAgas fer tile high Office
pA governor, were opposed to D raotlfdnte ~
W w opposite pohneal party, and il he were
tielealee ey me woes Of the people acting with
tiliat party he could submit 10 It 7rith betteF
grace, be eouidsubmit 10 It with more e1uap.
unity and he could retire from the contest
WITHOUT am. disgrace Nithoutany stigma AZ.
taebingE p his nelne; but, gentlemen, az /
b.4d bald AiWhlle age nghts between factions, po-
hteai Family fghts leave BtinRs Of ehagrin
and resentment which it seemB that time can
never eiiaoe and never heal, .
The contest fgllow-citizeha, in which we
ere now engaged commenced in 1888. IL
1873 one Of the Leading Journals of tbis
state, apparently animated By
A MALIGNANT HOSTILITY AND HATRED
70 certain portion Of the Democratic party.
llie9igurated q crusade against Samuel %.
heEhery. As has been said TO you by Tie
gentlemen who preceded me, they invaded
nc hanolty Of his home, they went into his
private life they would have the psOple OF
Louisiana and the people u this nation u
beiieYe that the gen tlteman who went away
rom oHRchlta with the egteem and respect u
hll classes OF people, with the love and affae-
ton Of his neighborB and friends, IN unpre-
teiLlQna- modest, Inagpenlmous gentleman
after being raised to the Executive Office be-
came an individual who better would hsys
TILED felOns cell than have Rraoed the GU
bernatorial ma1sion. This fight was, waged
upon thRtman down 10 the very day that tho
convention decided in bis favor. A mOtion
70 lnske lie nomination unanimous was met
With stentofiHn npes. The gentlemen who
went into that convention as his opponents
ths gentlemen who Btuinped this State
the gentlemen who used the columns of the
opposition press for the determination Of
every slRnder that their managers and satel-
htes could invent pursued him after that
nomination, end BY wage that are dark and
tricks that are yaiun sought to accomplish
his defeRt even after he had had the indOrse-
meHt Of his party. IN the parish Of Baton
Rouge, whore the leaders Of tho opposition
faction had control Of the party machinery,
returning board, where they had arrogDted
To Themselves the right to revise the results
OH the polls and TO declare that his election IN
the different wards had been fraudulent:
where they assumed the Lowers which
Thomas o. Anderson and IBIS associates Of
the Returning Board bad used in the suppress
sion Of the liberties Of the people of Louisi.
ana from 1870 to 1876, ! say that the
leaders Of
THE oFRosTTIoN FACTION
IN that parish assumed to purge The boole7
tas they said Of the fraudulent names and to
Riye she election 10 Gen. Nichols, although
Coy. MeEperT had carried il bya large ma
jolisy When the convention reverBcd their
hctian; when tile convention deelded that
returning boards were things OF the past;
when the oonFsntiop held thet the Executive
Committee Of the parrish of tsAst Baton Rouge
had no right to reverse The verdict which
hhd been rendered at the polls: when they,
IN fine, seated the Mellneiy delegates in that
convention those iIdiYidUais, who say bad
eoutTol 81 the party lnaelnneryi Wenl out
disgrThtiad, chagrinedi angry, and they
gave The parieh 81 East Baton Rouge To the
noFinee q tie 1seplbhsehn party at inc gene
eTai eleotlon-L7to III. steyenson, the man
who accepted the nomination Of the Repub-
Again. III the parish d Webster, par
iRh which is t0-day, ] am told, strongly
advocating the nomination Of Gen.
Eiehoi!s, a pagiah in rhieh i is said
which is crying cut against tue frauds and
ifdauieB ~ what they call the STATE rlnR;N
there, in that parrish, fallow-citizens, they
Stevenson, and dtd al t3ey could q secure
his election say fellow-citl tlzens, that
defy sou, OF defy any man who chooses TO
follow me On the other Efde 81 this question,
V show where one word q comisgendston
tion party, OF from any 81 their journals
teNceHt occasionally from the Shreveport
Times, when Il was under the control of Mr.
Pllekette), ct Gov. Mchlnely's eQTalnlRtra-
ton. j challenge them to show any single
word Of eoaInendatiou which they have ever
given to the Executive q this State since lie
vert into Office after tie election. On the
contrary, Col. 4. M. H0ldngsworlh, Mr Par
keI, the editor Of the New Ol leans Rlc1yat5lf,
aud She leaders Of the opposlt ltiop party have,
from that dAte down to tlllg, demanded every
thing at the hands Of the Executive they
onuld get 6Hd OF the aaple time they haFg
criticised bis adninlstFation in the mosll
partisan manner. They have aaf9Andod
every aapointlasnt which they could con-
troll. they have brought to bear every ia
huance which they could think ef
10 sEouRE ALL THE PATRONAGE
which they could grasp, and IN tlie mean:
time and AZ aA times tle3 haze asnlpqpnoeq
this adpipistsatlop 3, Pave 9pg9ssee INV INV
done every thing IL their power TO .worki
evil. 10 disafacs IL before the people oS pula.
ANY aud before the peopleof thls nAtlol'
's1tSs Nov. hey come forward They came for.
ward early in this year, and they ssek Y
drag from lis reliTemeltE q gallant ang dis
tinEuished soldier ail hoaoIed gentleman
They go " hila with the uAf0anded protein
gi0n that the State of L0ui1ana Is noW en-.
thrallod and under the control q q eerrupi
and wieksd ring, that the people. a the 2tats 4,
hnVe become obliViOus ei size lnaanlF l1t hlhll
condition, shat they 81 this State haye no!
ti9 maphQod se throw % the nllssran4s silS
Tie odious dospotisin Which las ass9ines il.
control of than, and they egy e Hsn'
Eieholls: You are tha political Moses WIZ
IL to lead the people out q tLlls p2lltl
Wilderness. YOU arc tah 9ilty aNlllit Asl AsuttlS
iItIla VINO Inns the brains, the patriQtlsnl aps
who poBsesses the Affections Of his people Y
fhat tellt to Wrest them from The eQneahQl
,of tarpnr into which tiley have fallen, ans
fnrow on The power Of the Aleihaig l1iG
and "a relaijsR GieaaiiRin and peTspnalAAn
exemplifed in 8. y. MeHneYysp
sSy, felloR-eitizene, they nave gone Y
GOV Nichols, and they have made 4heae Is
saFtioIla % linn, aud he has been weak enqugi
rs believe theul and lie aeeepte tat iislt,ll,s,e Il
tom not thht he desiIsA, tile hpp9t.9 " w w
I fhe ehief magistrate Of tllls Hlann eplanlql
wealth, n0t that be esteelna = m hellgt Z
o6eiipV the highest oiilee IN the gliI q "
neoDl6 ot I,ouisiane, not SHAT he would s4eF9s
4 M llsat eifortB and his beat brains e yop
/ SfeSn 6enleIst. u the AiseilQrftQn oi YQsl
condition and To The degelqFnegk th
lnaterini resourcesof Lou1siathl Api ttilgh
"a tigena, il ID no motive e tiih s2Ih slitt "
I dtioeg him to pr1eent aiilse4 pelni
| 5he people al Jouisiana tpr taesr Alil
I fragas but he piesi ilinlQFia lppA
| daSn from tie exalted hsAtqae e
1 Az Political Olympus on Ehich pc nas en
fhroaed hiInsalfs npon your pitifal apa as
traded ccnditqa hiid hf eollhsi,sf x ii.'i,9 ,l
pau for foar Fears to pc ypnf esiAtA i, \.
! fl@fs Z n order that he lpeX refiQse tnH Wv
ei5slea and virtues which ~ lets Mlsn Ey
4 rsi.ea h1 Aid down his execntise eiilee Z
4 1880. j eay, followed fil1ensi mat hi4ln
essa aiaifr and Hucn . Ifetenee u
Az INsuLF 10 g41K @Ahl'qee 1,
4 md your inteilseucH. w lAgs x, a :, :,
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